Department of Physics and Astronomy

Faculty and Staff

Contact us

physics@stcloudstate.edu

Phone: 320.308-2011
Fax: 320.308-4728

324 Robert H. Wick Science Building (WSB)
St. Cloud State University
720 Fourth Avenue South
St. Cloud, Minnesota 56301-4498

Faculty

Kevin Haglin

Kevin Haglin

  • Department Chair, Professor of Physics
  • Ph.D. 1990, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
  • Electromagnetic probes, heavy flavor, heavy ion collisions, nuclear (hadronic) matter, nuclear theory, quark gluon plasma

(320) 308-2012 | Wick Science Building 313
klhaglin@stcloudstate.edu
http://feynman.stcloudstate.edu/haglin

Sneh Kalia

Sneh Kalia

  • Professor of Physics
  • Ph.D. 1984, Lucknow University (India)
  • Theoretical physics

(320) 308-4285 | Wick Science Building 317
skalia@stcloudstate.edu
http://web.stcloudstate.edu/skalia

Zengqiang 'John' Liu

Zengqiang 'John' Liu

  • Associate Professor of Physics
  • Ph.D. 2007, University of Minnesota
  • Liquid crystals, scientific instrumentation, open-source electronics for education

(320) 308-3154 | Wick Science Building 308
zliu@stcloudstate.edu

Steven Ratliff

Steven Ratliff

  • Professor of Physics
  • Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
  • Medical physics, radiation transport.

(320) 308-3274 | Wick Science Building 316
stratliff@stcloudstate.edu
http://web.stcloudstate.edu/stratliff/

John Sinko

John Sinko

  • Associate Professor of Physics, SCSU Laser Safety Officer, Editor-in-Chief SCSU JOSS
  • Ph.D. 2008, University of Alabama - Huntsville
  • High-energy laser ablation, laser propulsion, optical sensors, optical materials

(320) 308-4183 (office); (320) 308-5607 (lab) | Wick Science Building 309
jesinko@stcloudstate.edu
https://web.stcloudstate.edu/jesinko/

Hridaya Shah

Hridaya Shah

  • Assistant Professor of Astronomy
  • Ph.D. Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell
  • Astrophysics and astronomy

308-5354 | WSB 318
hridaya.shah@stcloudstate.edu

Staff

Denise Schaefer

Denise Schaefer

  • Office and Administrative Assistant

(320) 308-2011 | WSB 324
dcschaefer@stcloudstate.edu

Olivia Kridler

Olivia Kridler

  • Physics Laboratory Technician
  • B.S. Physics, Cal State Long Beach

(320) 308-3242 | WSB 304
olivia.kridler@stcloudstate.edu

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